Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 6, 2026

Validating Whole Genome Nanopore Sequencing, using Usutu Virus as an Example
Published on: March 11, 2020
Why Andes hantavirus is not the next SARS-CoV-2: contrasting viral shedding, transmissibility and genomic patterns
Antonin Bal1,2, Virginie Sauvage3, Maude Bouscambert-Duchamp1
1Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Centre National de Référence des virus des infections respiratoires, Institut des Agents Infectieux, Laboratoire de Virologie, Lyon, France.
Abstract:
A cruise ship-associated Andes hantavirus outbreak has raised questions usually associated with respiratory viruses, including transmissibility and pandemic risk. Although Andes virus may enter through the respiratory route, cause severe respiratory disease and under close contact spread between humans, it differs fundamentally from SARS-CoV-2. The ecology is rodent-borne, pathogenesis is vascular, diagnosis is centred on blood PCR and serology, and genetic diversity is mainly shaped by reservoir ecology and geography rather than by sustained human-to-human transmission and immune selection.
Related Concept Videos
Coronavirus
Viruses with RNA Genomes
Arboviral Encephalitis
Viral Mutations
Rabies
Viral Recombination
